Stop counting tokens, start counting what ships

November 2, 2026 · 1:10 pm 3 sources

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• Stop counting tokens, start counting what ships
  MIT Technology Review · November 2, 2026 13:10
  When a developer gives an AI agent a coding task, the agent does more than answer once. It plans, generates code, runs tests, and repeats the process to correct errors. A single task can use 10 to 50 times more tokens than a basic chat prompt. The more useful the agent becomes, the more calls…
• AI coding agents are installing MCP servers that will never be patched
  Help Net Security · November 3, 2026 05:45
  When a developer tells an AI coding agent to “set up a GitHub MCP,” the agent has to pick a package. New research from Glow Labs documents sessions where it picked one out of an archived repository that will never be patched again. Source: Glow Security Reviewing real AI coding session…

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  The New Stack · November 2, 2026 19:03
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